Future Holds Bright Promise of Peace Rotary Talk
Chairman William Brittain introduced Helmut Stern of Ann Arbor as guest speaker at the Rotary Club meeting at The Tavern last Thursday noon. Stern offered a scholarly view on peace problems to come, citing the San Francisco conference as likely to yield a more stable world though smaller European nations may not reap full benefits due to dependence on larger neighbors. He warned against further world conflict if the five big nations uphold San Francisco ideals, noting the Balkans under Russian influence and other regions under future powers. The gathering included a moment of prayer for peace, songs honoring service members, and two new Rotary members, Badgley and Gilligen, joined by guests from Ann Arbor and Milan.
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William Brittain
Helmut Stern
Ann Arbor
Rotary Club
San Francisco
Europe
Balkans
Japan
India
Thailand
Wiedman
Alwin Gross
Cub
Bl. C. Badgley
Manchester Handle & Turning Company
Oscar Gilligen
Gil-Mann Machine Company
Rotary
Fred Lendrum
Ira Smith
Walter MacPeek
H. K. Ross
Norman Highme
Milan
Five Baptisms Mark St. Pauls Sunday Service
Five babies were baptized at St. Pauls church during the Sunday worship hour by Rev. Alvin Siemsen. The godparents included Herman Herzog of Ann Arbor, Marilyn and James Rogers, the Stoll family, and others, with the community gathered for the service and the nation’s peace proclamation observed on August 19.
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St. Paul’s Church
Alvin Siemsen
Mary Kathiee
Richard Lee
Nancy Lee Stoll
Eugene Stoll
Herman Herzog
Ann Arbor
Wesley Ray Armbruster
Raymond Armbruster, Jr
Marilyn
James Rogers
Mrs Gall Takes Over At Telephone Office
Mrs Winifred Gall becomes cashier and chief operator at the Associated Telephone Company's local office on August 1. She succeeds Miss Geraldine Jewell who held the post for two years and remains with the company in training in the traffic department at Coldwater.
Michigan veterans centers in 153 communities
After victory over Japan Michigan organized 153 veterans centers under the Office of Veterans Affairs. Communities plan job and housing surveys to aid returning servicemen, anticipating 10,000 veterans monthly return within 30 days. Local volunteers are urged to organize resources for housing, employment, and support in their towns.
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Japan
Michigan
Office of Veterans’ Affairs
Office
Bay City
Office of Veterans‘ Affairs
Saline Valley Seeks Postwar Convention Hope
Saline Valley Farms editor Bond Collier aims to host a postwar Esperanto convention at Saline Valley Farms next summer. The Saline Community Council investigates Michigan’s civic activity fund to unite rural and urban communities under state guidance.
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Community Council
Saline Valley
Michigan
Saline Community Council
State Department of Public Instruction
Eugene B. Elliott
Saline
Elliott
Thirty Fifth Reunion of Judd School
The 35th Judd School Association reunion was held at the school grounds on Sunday August 19 with about 75 at the potluck dinner in a tent. Attendees from Detroit Ann Arbor and other towns listed. officers were re elected: President A G Richards Vice President Duane Rogers Secretary Leola Murray Treasurer Karl Theurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judd School Association
Detroit
Afred Blum
Emmett Blum
Fred Rekitt
Norma Reckitt
Ann Arbor
Sidney Yape
Ora Gray
Wiliam Gall
Kansas City
Kansas
A. G. Richards
Duane Rogers
Leola Murrray
Karl Theurer
Rena Sanders
Karl Theuver
Daphene Richards
Asee
Judd
Paratrooper Returns To The Soil From Army Discharge
Paratrooper Robert Guenther is back on the family farm southwest of Saline after a medical discharge. He entered service in March 1944 as a paratrooper, fought in Europe, was wounded in the Ardennes, and frostbitten in combat. He was hospitalized in France and England, returned to the US last May, and arrived home August 10.
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Robert Guenther
Saline
Herman Guenther
Guenther
The
Ardennes
France
England
America
Camp Carson
Colorado
Three Musketeers Entered War Together From Ann Arbor
Rudolph Feldkamp Owen Lambarth and Clifford Finkbeiner left Ann Arbor in February 1941 to train in California and Washington then Camp Pickett Virginia in 1942. They served in the Fifth Army Anti tank Company and went overseas to North Africa November 1942 with later battles in French Morocco Algeria Tunisia Sicily and Anzio Beachhead. Owen and Clifford remained until rotation sent Owen home to Meade Maryland while Rudolph joined later.
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Rudolph Feldkamp
Owen Lambarth
Clifford Finkbeiner
Ann Arbor
California
Washington
Camp Pickett
8Rd
Fifth Army
Owen
Clifford
North Africa
Rudolph
Africa
Fife
French Morocco
Algeria
Tunisia
Sicily
Anzio
Camp
Meade
Bond Forbes School Reunion Held On School Grounds
The biennial Bond Forbes school reunion occurred Sunday on the school grounds with 125 former pupils and guests. Officers were reelected: President Lawrence Tucker, Vice President Micah Robinson, Secretary Mrs Roscoe Cammet, Treasurer Mrs Lloyd Carey.
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Bond-Forbes School
Lawrence Tucker
Micah Robinson
Roscoe Cammet
Lloyd Carey
Bernard Boettger
Irene Schwoche
Fred Sehmid
Adrian
Clinton
Macon
Stockbridge
Saline
Ann Arbor
Plymouth
Belleville
Ypsilanti
Detroit
Col Feldkamp Home On 124 Service Points
Col. Feldkamp received his honorable discharge papers at Indiantown Gap Mil Res Pa on Aug 12. Cpl Rudolph Feldkamp served 30 months overseas with the Third Division Seventh Army in campaigns across Algeria French Morocco Tunisia Sicily Naples Foggia Rome Arno Southern France Rhineland and Central Europe. His hardest battle was Anzio Beachhead while earning 124 service points as a jeep driver and truck driver badge holder.
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Indiantown Gap
Mil Res
Rudolph Feldkamp
Seventh Army
Algeria
French Morocco
Tunisia
Sicily
Naples
Foggia
Rome
Arno
France
Rhineland
Europe
Feldkamp
Anzio
Cpl
Annual Harvest Festival of Fun at Saline Valley Farms
Go employees and families enjoyed the threshers dinner at Saline Valley Farms on Thursday with a festival of fun. Highlights included a treasure hunt, games, vaudeville entertainment, and a hat show awarding prizes to George Nada for cleverest, Bob Wray for funniest, and Jane Campbell for children's prize.
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Saline Valley
George Nada
Bob Wray
Jane Campbell
Outdoor project at The Observer office plot
A small city plot behind The Observer office becomes an improvised outdoor laboratory. Plants thrive despite neglect, with one tall plant dominating and blooming nightly year round. The team arranged with City Superintendent William Milhan to harvest at maturity, joking about tax implications.
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William Milhan
Summer Playground Closes Friday At Saline Park
The Saline park supervised by William Jakab closes Friday evening August 24 after 10 weeks of softball tennis and horseshoe tournaments. Attendance and activities will be reported next week. Individuals or groups may contact Mayor Alwin Gross to use park equipment after Friday. The Romans first used the ballot system in 139 B.C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chidren
Saline
Willian Jakab
Alwin Gross
September subscription notice warns of possible disconnection
A September notice warns readers that if payments are in arrears by the 1st, names may be removed from subscription lists. The paper expresses reluctance to cut off names and asks for cooperation to keep subscriptions paid up.
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ST. Paul’s
Amiral Halsey
Tokyo
Hirohito
Adm
Wiliam F
Bull) Halsey
Halsey
Veterans’ Centers
Switzerland
Bond Collier
Saline Valley Farms
World Goodwill Service
Fim
States
Canada
Collier
Judd School
Three Musketeers
Norwalk
Conn
Hold Bond
Forbes
Col. Feldkamp
B.C
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